DEAN: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A REALLY BRIGHT STAR
NEXT TO THE MOON?

JAMES: IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A PLANET!

DEAN: WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO SUNDAY SEPTEMBER
24TH AT 9PM FACING SOUTHWEST.

THERE YOU WILL FIND THE WAXING CRESCENT MOON
QUITE A DISTANCE FROM THE RINGED PLANET SATURN.

JAMES: SATURN DOESNT STAND OUT LIKE JUPITER
OR VENUS BUT IT WILL LOOK LIKE A BRIGHT YELLOW

STAR.

YOU CAN COMPARE SATURN TO THE RED STAR, ANTARES.

THIS IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION
SCORPIUS THE SCORPION.

DEAN: IF WE MOVE FORWARD ONE NIGHT AT A TIME,
HERE IS WHERE THE MOON IS ON SEPTEMBER 25TH

AND SEPTEMBER 26TH!

JAMES: WOWSERS!

THE MOON IS GOING TO BE REALLY CLOSE TO SATURN
THAT NIGHT.

THEY WILL BE LESS THAN THREE DEGREES APART.

DEAN: THIS CONJUNCTION WON'T LAST LONG.

BY THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 27TH THE MOON
WILL HAVE LEFT SATURN BEHIND SO YOU BETTER

BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!